Combination of eoot-stoves and lanterns



-F. ARNOLD.

Foot Stove and Lantern.

Patented April 11, 1854.;

l loi UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANCIS ARNOLD, OF HADDAM, CONNECTICUT.

COMBINATION or roo'r-s rovEs AND LANTERNS.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 10,769, dated April 11, 1854.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS ARNOLD, of the town of Haddam, county ofMiddlesex, and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in the Construction and Combination of Foot-Stoves andLanterns; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

The nature of my invention consists in the peculiar method of combiningfor many practical purposes a lamp heating foot stove and a lanternconstructed in such a manner that it will answer the purpose of a footstove or a lantern and convenient for heating.

any article placed upon its top for cooking and other purposes. Amongits many uses the following may be mentioned: convenience in the sickchamber as a night lamp and for keeping warm the articles for the sick.

It is well known that many public houses have sleeping apartments withno convenience for warming them. With this invention the boarder, shouldhe be wet or chilled, before retiring may light his lantern and warmhimself, thus, in some cases at least, prevent serious consequences, andin the morning, if he chooses, he has the means at hand to perform histoilet before leaving his room. It is a superior traveling companion bycars, carriage or in the merry sleigh, mid ice and snow, dispelling thecold and lighting up the darkness, and to the tempest tossed mariner inthe dark and stormy night it gives forth both light and heat while he ison the lookout for breakers. With it the hunter may cook his game, thehousewife heat the coffee, the landlady keep the dinner warm, thecarpenter heat his glue; in fact,

the useful purposes to which this article may be applied are numberless,and withall it is economical, cleanly and convenient.

Reference to plan.

No. 1 is an angular view of the article, with the handle down when usedas a foot stove; letter A, the handle and grate when down as a footstove; letter B, a movable kind of grate attached to the handle,answering the purposevof preventing the foot coming in contact with thetop plate of the stove when used as a foot stove; letter C, a piece ofwood fastened on the top for the same purpose; letter D, the lid to betaken off for the convenience of placing anything directly over theflame of the lamp for heating when required; letter E, glass orisinglass panels, which may be of any form or shape.

Plan No. 2 is a sectional view of the in terio-r, showing the lamp A andmanner of fixing the same by means of a clasping spring B, which retainsthe lamp in its proper position without being affected by the rough orirregular movement of the same, however violent it may be. Letter A isthe lamp. B is the clasping spring. C is the handle up as used for alantern. D is glass or isinglass panels.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent isThe movable grate attached to the handle, in combination with the footstove and lantern constructed substantially as described, and for thepurposes specified.

FRANCIS ARNOLD.

Witnesses:

L. B. PAGE, J OHN H. LUNGHTON.

